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Elmer Bernstein

From Wikipedia Elmer Bernstein (April 4, 1922 – August 18, 2004) was an American composer and conductor best known for his many film scores. In a career which spanned fifty years, he composed music for hundreds of film and television productions. His most popular works include the scores to The Magnificent Seven, The Ten Commandments, The Great Escape, To Kill a Mockingbird, Ghostbusters, The Black Cauldron, Airplane!, and The Rookies. Bernstein won an Oscar for his score to Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) and was nominated for fourteen Oscars in total. He also won two Golden Globes and was nominated for two Grammy Awards. Bernstein wrote the theme songs or other music for more than 200 films and TV shows, including The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, The Ten Commandments (1956), The Man with the Golden Arm, To Kill a Mockingbird, Robot Monster, and the fanfare used in the National Geographic television specials. His theme for The Magnificent Seven is also familiar to television viewers, as it was used in commercials for Marlboro cigarettes. Bernstein also provided the score to many of the short films of Ray and Charles Eames. In 1961 Bernstein co-founded Äva Records an American record label based in Los Angeles together with Fred Astaire, Jackie Mills and Tommy Wolf.


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Born:
Apr 4, 1922 In New York City, New York, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
9
First Appeared:
In the series The Oscars 1953-03-19
Latest Project:
Movie The Making of 'Cape Fear' 2001-09-18
Known For
Poster of The Making of 'Cape Fear'
Poster of The Oscars
Filmography
Movie The Making of 'Cape Fear' Self 2001-09-18
Movie Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' Self 2000-05-13
Movie Frank Sinatra Memorial Self 2000-05-16
Movie Making 'Taxi Driver' Self 1999-06-14
Movie Fearful Symmetry Self 1998-01-01
Movie The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion Self - Composer 1998-10-13
Movie Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' Self 1993-09-01
Movie From Noon Till Three Songwriter (uncredited) 1976-08-01
Series The Oscars Unknown 1953-03-19